Mark Huxham

Prof Mark Huxham PhD PFHEA NTF FRSE

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M.Huxham@napier.ac.uk

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I am professor of Teaching and Research in Environmental Biology at Edinburgh Napier University. I am fortunate to combine research into coastal ecology with teaching and the scholarship of teaching. My PhD research was on food webs in estuaries, and I still work in these fascinating places, here in Scotland and overseas (particularly in Kenya). I have spent nearly two decades working with local communities dependent on mangrove resources to understand their ecosystems better and to use this science to help restore their environments and bring community development benefits. As a committed educator I enjoy teaching ecology, environmental science, environmental ethics and scientific methods to a wide range of students and volunteers. I also research pedagogical questions arising from my own practice and from the needs of students, including new ways to assess and give feedback and how to include students in the co-creation of learning.

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27 November 2019 - Seminar with Professor Mark Huxham (Edinburgh Napier University) on understanding the meaning of catastrophe in southern Kenya

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE)
National Teaching Fellowship
Bioscience Teacher of the Year
Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

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‘Observation has set in’: comparing students and peers as reviewers of teaching

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Huxham, M., Scoles, J., Green, U., Purves, S., Welsh, Z., & Gray, A. (2017)

‘Observation has set in’: comparing students and peers as reviewers of teaching. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 42(6), 887-899. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2016.1204594

Peer review is a powerful method to enhance teaching in higher education. Peers, however, may not be the most relevant people in evaluating teaching success; as the most impor...

Biomass and productivity of seagrasses in Africa

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Githaiga, M. N., Gilpin, L., Kairo, J. G., & Huxham, M. (2016)

Biomass and productivity of seagrasses in Africa. Botanica Marina, 59(2-3), 173-186. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2015-0075

There is growing interest in carbon stocks and flows in seagrass ecosystems, but recent global reviews suggest a paucity of studies from Africa. This paper reviews work on sea...

Shrimp aquaculture as a vehicle for Climate Compatible Development in Sri Lanka. The case of Puttalam Lagoon

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Harkes, I., Drengstig, A., Kumara, M., Jayasinghe, J., & Huxham, M. (2015)

Shrimp aquaculture as a vehicle for Climate Compatible Development in Sri Lanka. The case of Puttalam Lagoon. Marine Policy, 61, 273-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.08.003

At present, aquaculture of black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) in the Puttalam district of Sri Lanka is unsustainable with more than 90% of the former shrimp ponds laying aba...

Harnessing the climate mitigation, conservation and poverty alleviation potential of seagrasses: prospects for developing blue carbon initiatives and payment for ecosystem service programmes

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Hejnowicz, A. P., Kennedy, H., Rudd, M. A., & Huxham, M. R. (2015)

Harnessing the climate mitigation, conservation and poverty alleviation potential of seagrasses: prospects for developing blue carbon initiatives and payment for ecosystem service programmes. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2015.00032

Seagrass ecosystems provide numerous ecosystem services that support coastal communities around the world. They sustain abundant marine life as well as commercial and artisana...

The impacts of shrimp farming on land-use and carbon storage around Puttalam lagoon, Sri Lanka

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Bournazel, J., Kumara, M. P., Jayatissa, L. P., Viergever, K., Morel, V., Morel, V., & Huxham, M. (2015)

The impacts of shrimp farming on land-use and carbon storage around Puttalam lagoon, Sri Lanka. Ocean and Coastal Management, 113, 18-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.05.009

The expansion of shrimp aquaculture in Sri Lanka over the past three decades has dramatically changed the coastal landscape, in particular by converting mangrove forests. The ...

Student and teacher co-navigation of a course: following the natural lines of academic enquiry.

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Huxham, M., Hunter, M., McIntyre, A., Shilland, R., & McArthur, J. (2015)

Student and teacher co-navigation of a course: following the natural lines of academic enquiry. Teaching in Higher Education, 20(5), 530-541. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2015.1036730

Using the mountaineering metaphor of ‘natural lines’ this article describes the co-navigation of an honours course by students and teachers. It suggests the benefits and possi...

Applying Climate Compatible Development and economic valuation to coastal management: A case study of Kenya's mangrove forests

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Huxham, M., Emerton, L., Kairo, J., Munyi, F., Abdirizak, H., Muriuki, T., …Briers, R. A. (2015)

Applying Climate Compatible Development and economic valuation to coastal management: A case study of Kenya's mangrove forests. Journal of Environmental Management, 157, 168-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.04.018

Mangrove forests are under global pressure. Habitat destruction and degradation persist despite longstanding recognition of the important ecological functions of mangroves. He...

Rapid Losses of Surface Elevation following Tree Girdling and Cutting in Tropical Mangroves

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Lang'at, J. K. S., Kairo, J. G., Mencuccini, M., Bouillon, S., Skov, M. W., Waldron, S., & Huxham, M. (2014)

Rapid Losses of Surface Elevation following Tree Girdling and Cutting in Tropical Mangroves. PLOS ONE, 9(9), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107868

The importance of mangrove forests in carbon sequestration and coastal protection has been widely acknowledged. Large-scale damage of these forests, caused by hurricanes or cl...

Turning the Tide: How Blue Carbon and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Might Help Save Mangrove Forests

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Locatelli, T., Binet, T., Kairo, J. G., King, L., Madden, S., Patenaude, G., …Huxham, M. (2014)

Turning the Tide: How Blue Carbon and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Might Help Save Mangrove Forests. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 43, 981-995. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-014-0530-y

In this review paper, we aim to describe the potential for, and the key challenges to, applying PES projects to mangroves. By adopting a “carbocentric approach,” we show that ...

Mixed-Methods Research in Education: Exploring Students' Response to a Focused Feedback Initiative

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Scoles, J., Huxham, M., & McArthur, J. (2013)

Mixed-Methods Research in Education: Exploring Students' Response to a Focused Feedback Initiative. In Sage Research MethodsSAGE Publications. doi:10.4135/978144627305013514690

Researchers who are interested in asking a number of questions about a particular phenomenon are increasingly looking to mixed methods as a useful research approach. In this c...

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‘Observation has set in’: comparing students and peers as reviewers of teaching

Biomass and productivity of seagrasses in Africa

Shrimp aquaculture as a vehicle for Climate Compatible Development in Sri Lanka. The case of Puttalam Lagoon

Harnessing the climate mitigation, conservation and poverty alleviation potential of seagrasses: prospects for developing blue carbon initiatives and payment for ecosystem service programmes

The impacts of shrimp farming on land-use and carbon storage around Puttalam lagoon, Sri Lanka

Student and teacher co-navigation of a course: following the natural lines of academic enquiry.

Applying Climate Compatible Development and economic valuation to coastal management: A case study of Kenya's mangrove forests

Rapid Losses of Surface Elevation following Tree Girdling and Cutting in Tropical Mangroves

Turning the Tide: How Blue Carbon and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Might Help Save Mangrove Forests

Mixed-Methods Research in Education: Exploring Students' Response to a Focused Feedback Initiative

Restoring Gambian riverine mangrove wetlands

Blue Carbon and Green Seagrass in Kenya

Bundling seagrass carbon with mangroves

Holdfast: communities and blue carbon

Empowering Malaysias future leaders in Coastal Ocean Actionable and Sustainable Teaching And Research (COASTAR)

Local Roots and Global Branches: protecting blue carbon ecosystems under community-based management

Incorporating seagrass conservation and restoration into community based PES project (Phase 2)

SHELTERs: Sustainable Homes Enabling the Long Term Empowerment of Refugees

words A thousand flowers will bloom: ensuring local initiatives inform national and international climate commitments

From local roots to global branches: making NDCs work at three different levels

Incorporating seagrass conservation and restoration into community-based PES projects (Phase 1)

As Good as (G)Old? Comparing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of Restored and Natural Mangrove Forests in the Wallacea Region

The Derek and Maureen Moss 2018 PhD Scholarship

TRANSFORM - Education reform project – Improving Research capability in the Sri Lankan Higher Education sector.

PUNGUZA HEWA KAA : PARTNERS IN CARBON

Governance for ecosystem services and poverty alleviation

Understanding the drivers of, and threats to, carbon sequestration in Scottish seagrass

The juvenile fish fauna of a Kenyan mangrove forest: exploring new tools to understand growth and condition.

Phd studentship (Earthwatch), Determinants Of Habitat Use By Fish In Mangroves In Kenya

Rates of desimentation in seagrass meadows

CESEA - coastal ecosystem services in east Africa

DTG Studentship - NERC

Development in the Coastal Zone

Swahili Seas

Fridah Munyi UBS grant

CAMARV: Capacity building for mangrove assessment

Carbon Cycling in Mangroves

UBS grant for Joseph Langat

Innovative Assessment Across the Disciplines

UBS

Mangrove Conservation (Earthwatch Sri Lanka)

Mangroves as carbon sinks (AVIVA/Earthwatch)

Coastal Protection by Replanted Mangroves

Migratory Habit of Fish/Mangrove Ecosystems

East African Mangroves

African Mangrove Fish

Earthwatch Kenya (Jared Bosire)

Current Post Grad projects

Dissolved oxygen and pH variability within seagrass meadows: mitigators of ocean acidification and potential refugia for CaCO3 dependent organisms? - Ahmed Mohamed, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Prof Karen Diele, Dr Marco Fusi, Dr Fiona Stainsby

Investigating drivers of seagrass loss in Kenya and testing local soluations to seagrass conservation - Edward Mwikamba, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Prof Robert Briers, Dr Mirona Gheorghiu

Understanding the stocks and productivity of live and dead wood in an exploited mangrove forest - Lilian Mugi, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Gavin Ballantyne, Dr Donald Morrison

Trust, Time, and Bias: What is the effect upon correcting false memories with a fact check? - Ted Carlson Webster, Dr Marina Wimmer, Dr Faye Skelton, Prof Mark Huxham

Previous Post Grad projects

Spatial Patterns in Bivalve Populations at Blackness, Firth of Forth, Scotland - Michael Richards, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies)

Determinants of habitat use by fish and crustaceans in mangroves: using habitat characteristics to predict communities - Caroline Wanjiru, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Sonja Rueckert, Dr Mary Fraser

Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) nursery habitat in the Forth Estuary and the Firth of Forth - Julian Augley, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies)

Understanding the drivers of carbon sequestration in Scottish seagrass - Dani Whitlock, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Faye Skelton

Uses of benthic ecology in the assessment of anthropogenic impacts in the marine environment - Paul Whomersley, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies)

Assessing the role of intertidal seagrasses as coastal carbon sinks in Scotland - Maria Potouroglou, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Prof Karen Diele, Dr Sonja Rueckert

Teaching climate change science: understanding the intellectual and emotional challenges - Meena Bhagat, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Karen Aitchison

The impacts of tree harvesting on the carbon balance and functioning of mangrove forests - Joseph Langat, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Prof Robert Briers

An investigation into programme level approaches to feedback: Influences on students' learning and feedback literacy - Kimberly Wilder, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Joan McLatchie, Dr Tony Westbury

The impacts of tree density on the physical and biological characteristics of planted mangrove stands in Sri Lanka - Priyantha Kumara, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Paul Tett

The role of seagrass meadows in Gazi Bay, Kenya as carbon sinks - Njoroge Githaiga, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Linda Gilpin, Dr Charlotte Chalmers

Influence of Species Diversity on the Return of Ecoystem Functions in Replanted Mangroves in Kenya - Bernard Kirui, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies)

The hidden links in trophic food webs: where do the parasites fit? - Matthew Dicker, Dr Sonja Rueckert, Prof Mark Huxham (Second Supervisor), Prof Russell Martindale

Mapping belowground carbon and developing new tools to estimate carbon stores in Kenyan and Tanzanian mangroves - Selena Gress, Prof Robert Briers, Prof Mark Huxham (Second Supervisor)